Abstract purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical and laboratory
characteristics, diagnostic methods, and prognostic variables in adults treated for miliary …

Seventy-one subjects who had previously been treated for tuberculosis up to 16 years
before underwent pulmonary function assessment. Evidence of airways obstruction was …

Objective: To determine the value and safety of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in an intensive care
unit (ICU). Design: Prospective survey. Setting: ICUs at a tertiary care hospital (except for …

In four years' use of the flexible fibreoptic bronchoscope in diagnosing sputum-negative
pulmonary tuberculosis, of 275 patients with tuberculosis suspected from chest radiographic …

BACKGROUND.: Over the past decade the incidence of pulmonary disease due to drug-
resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has increased worldwide. We reviewed our …

SETTING: Brooklyn Chest Hospital, Western Cape, South Africa. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate
the treatment outcome and 2-and 5-year follow-up of patients treated for multidrug-resistant …

A multinational, multicentre, open, randomised study in hospitalised patients with
pneumonia compared levofloxacin 500 mg twice daily with ceftriaxone 4 g iv once daily …

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a major public health problem because
treatment is complicated, cure rates are well below those for drug-susceptible tuberculosis …

We prospectively studied patients with lung carcinoma and borderline lung functions (forced
expired volume [FEV1] of less than 1500 ml or a dyspnoea score of 2 [7] at presentation) …

Neuromyelitis optica and acute necrotic myelopathy occur in association with pulmonary
tuberculosis. We studied 8 patients with either neuromyelitis optica (6), acute myelopathy …